When the Redskins were in deep denial, sometime in August, the goals were winning the NFC East, getting to the playoffs and perhaps more. As the injuries to the offensive line and the losses mounted, as Jim Zorn's headset was all but turned off, Washington's woeful football team began to reassess, and the talk among management and players became of getting back to .500, of clicking both schematically and emotionally before the midway point of the season.